Amelia told me once about a suspicion she'd had for a while. It bothered her quite a bit. She said that Win and I had fallen ill with scarlet fever, and you made the deadly nightshade syrup, you'd con...
A slow smile had curved St. Vincent's lips. 'Wives are a different case altogether. They require a great deal of effort but the rewards are substantial. I highly recommend wives. Especially one's own.
You seem to think you have a choice, Cam said. But you have it backwards. Love chooses you. The shadow moves as the sun commands.
What happened to your stammer? I suppose I must feel comfortable with you. I tend to stammer less with certain people. No one's ever told me that I'm a comfortable sort. I'm sure I don't like it. I'll...
We are hidiously rich Annabelle-- and I've got three older brothers, all unmarried. Would you consider one of them? If you like, I'll have one shipped across the Atlantic for your inspection. -Lillian...
To Jack, there was nothing more powerful than a promise made over a handshake. He would have died ー literally chosen death ー before breaking his word.
That was my fault, Helen said hastily. I went uninvited to the store yesterday and demanded to see Mr. Winterborne. I told him that I still wanted to marry him, and I made him exchange my ring for a n...
Sometimes a simple question could have a complicated answer.
Sometimes I'm not nice for a reason. It's a way to find out what someone's made of.
Some folks are happier not being saved.
So are you bisexual? I had asked, and Todd had laughed at my insistence on label. I guess I'm bipossible, he had said.
Poor people have few choices in life, and most of the time you don't think too much about it. You get the best you can and do without when necessary, and hope to God you won't be wiped out by somethin...
Oh, I have a very pure soul. It's only my private parts that have gotten me into trouble.
McKenna will always be a part of me, no matter where he goes. They say that people who've lost a limb sometimes feel as if they still have it. How many times I've felt that McKenna was still here, and...
Make your choice and accept the consequences.
Later in the evening, Devon and West had dinner in the dilapidated splendor of the dining room. The meal was of far better quality than they had expected, consisting of cold cucumber soup, roast pheas...
It's fairly easy to break hearts, Miss Duvall. The more interesting challenge is how to keep someone's love, not to lose it.
It was a train wreck happening right in front of me and I couldn't do anything about it, except that not only was I watching, I was also the train.
Is that the Crystal Palace? Oh, it must be. It’s so beautiful—much more so than the engravings I’ve seen. The building, which covered an area of more than nine acres, housed an international show of a...
If you don't want to have sex, I don't want to talk about our feelings.He scrubbed his hand through his hair, looking confused. Well, that's for damn sure the first time a woman's ever said that to me...